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Correction?

Can it really be "women accused of rape"? surely it should be "women who are victims of rape" 82.135.43.114 09:34, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Let us upgrade

For the year 2006-07, let us concentrate on upgrading the contents of this page as decided: Wales to upgrade quality of Wiki. Thanks. --Bhadani 01:57, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sitations to various campaigns HRCP is involved in actively or supporting through

Gender Equality, Domestic Violence, Honour Killing [1]

LGBT "HRCP is positioned to play a significant role in addressing human rights issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI);" [2]

Source: International Development Law Organization

Other info: [3]

Article Posted on January 31, 2011 by HRCP The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today deplored the violent killing yesterday of David Kato, a Ugandan human rights defender and LGBT activist. [4]

"Martin Ennals Awards Posted on May 4, 2011 by HRCP The ICJ is pleased to announce that the 2011 winner of the Martin Ennals award is Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera. Kasha Jacqueline is a co-founder and Executive Director of Freedom and Roam Uganda, an LGBT rights organization in Uganda. Kasha is a bold and courageous human rights defender. She regularly appears on television and radio programs in Uganda and is outspoken in her defense of human rights. Kasha has been at the forefront of the civil society campaign against the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which would impose the death penalty for certain acts of “aggravated homosexuality” and also criminalizes freedom of expression and association concerning promotion of homosexuality. [5]

European Court of Human Rights: ban on same-sex second-parent adoption is discriminatory HRCP | February 19, 2013 [6]

Deletion of the mention of HRCP involvement with the Pakistanis who were (for many) unfortunately accused of terrorism is based on a very reputable source here: (also follows WP:Manual of Style (linking). Prior to Edit on February 16, 2014, the following was this written in the "aftermath" section of the article: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan expressed concerns over Canada's decision to deport the students, stating that it was an example of how countries who once held international respect for their dedication to human rights, had let "fear and mistrust" dominate their political landscape in the face of the War on Terror.[1]

However, was deleted because as per source from Refworld as follows: "In correspondence to the Research Directorate, a Lahore-based human rights lawyer confirmed that five of the deported Pakistani citizens, along with members of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) "did hold a press conference in Islamabad on 9 December 2003 - since 10 December is the International Human Rights day," adding that she herself was present (28 Feb. 2004).

According to BBC, Asma Jehangir, a "[p]rominent human rights campaigner," said that "after thorough investigations, Pakistan's independent Human Rights Commission had come to the conclusion that the deportees had been unfairly stigmatised and treated" (9 Dec. 2003). The Lahore-based human rights lawyer quoted above, said that

[p]rior to the press conference a team of HRCP activists, headed by myself, carried out an extensive fact-finding on the issue. We were horrified at the treatment meted out to the deported students on suspicion of being terrorists. We counter-checked the version of the deportees with individuals in Toronto. The allegations of reasonable suspicion certainly did not warrant the ... negative publicity [that] was given to the deportees (Lawyer 28 Feb. 2004).

However, in correspondence to the Research Directorate, the Joint Director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) stated that the HRCP "has not concluded that [the] deportees were stigmatised or victimised," adding that while the HRCP "has been concerned over the spate of deportations from various countries, including the US and Canada, as well as the racism that sometimes appears to underlie such decisions on mass deportations," the HRCP also believes that "each case must be decided on its own merits" (25 Feb. 2004)."

'Deletion for the following reason: "the Joint Director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) stated that the HRCP "has not concluded that [the] deportees were stigmatised or victimised,"' 'adding that while the HRCP "has been concerned over the spate of deportations from various countries, including the US and Canada, as well as the racism that sometimes appears to underlie such decisions on mass deportations," the HRCP also believes that "each case must be decided on its own merits" (25 Feb. 2004)."

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The text entered in the article only states that HRCP covered that incident, it does not detail how it was covered whether HRCP agreed with deportees or Canadian authorities. Sajjad Altaf (talk) 16:57, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, HRCP did investigate about this matter, as would any human rights organization, and if you insist on having it discussed in the article then it needs to also address more clearly to the readers HRCP's stance on this matter. Instead of reading, "and Canada's false labelling of 24 students as terrorists" ... it would need to read something along the lines of "and HRCP's investigations concluded that the Canadian authorities did not stigmatize or victimize the 24 Pakistani students who were falsely accused of terrorism"

Source: [7]

--lilpiglet 09:05, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Possible Additions to the article Suggestion

More sources about different subject: Right to Life: [8] Religion forced conversion of Hindu girls and discrimination of Ahmadiya Muslim sect [9] Repeal of blasphemy laws [10] Voicing strong concerns against Council of Islamic Ideology - CII: [11] - Response to CII: [12] Need to address on article: child marriage, honour killing, acid attack, polygany, 1979 oppressive hudood ordinance laws, promoting human values in fight against extremism. --lilpiglet 09:16, 18 March 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lilpiglet (talk • contribs)